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Dive into plate tectonics and learn how to build a structure that can withstand multiple levels of earthquakes!

What happens to the things we put in the garbage? In this activity, participants will learn how long it takes common everyday materials to degrade in a landfill and ways they can reduce the amount of waste they produce.

This is a fun, interactive activity to help participants understand the process of cross-pollination! This activity includes optional extensions that explore the impact of climate change on bees.

Students design and build a structure that protects toy people from a hurricane.

This is a fun, simple activity to help students understand how plants grow in a greenhouse.

An experiment that demonstrates the greenhouse effect. Includes a presentation on the carbon cycle and student debate topics related to climate change.

Learn about Canadian animals and the sounds they make.

What happens to the waste that we put in the trash? How are things recycled? In this activity, participants will explore these questions and learn about the 6 R's of Sustainability.

Students will conduct a simulation to demonstrate control of several variables in the ecosystem, where different scenarios will be used to demonstrate the positive and negative effects humans have on local ecosystems.

Students will learn about the habitat and lifecycle of Pacific salmon, the effects of climate change on salmon populations and the importance of sustainable fishing practices.

Students mine for chocolate chips in cookies, attempting to get as many chocolate chips as possible without damaging the cookie.

Youth explore the water cycle by creating their own rain clouds. In the optional extensions, youth will learn how climate change affects the water cycle and discuss ways to lower their impact on the environment.

This workshop consists of two parts: a reading of the "Polar Bear, Why is Your World Melting?" by Robert E. Wells followed by a hands-on activity. Using some very ordinary items at home, we're going to learn about the greenhouse effect.

This workshop consists of two parts: a reading of the "An Earth Bot’s Guide to Plastic Pollution" by Russel Ayto followed by the hands-on activity. Using some very ordinary items at home, we're going to learn about the pollution we can and can’t see.

This workshop consists of two parts: a reading of the "The Last Tree" by Maria Quintana Silva and Silvia Alvarez followed by the hands-on activity. Using some very ordinary items at home, we're going to learn how plants are important in the fight against climate change as they help absorb pollution from the environment to keep it safe and clean.